Bill H. (simonsaysrebel) reviewed on 11/20/2009 + 7 more book reviews

Perfect for anyone who has ever heard, and been puzzled by, the plural form of the word "truth." This book was published before the ideas outlined and criticized in it came into wide circulation. Most people had not much heard of these ideas, such as "deconstruction" and "postmodernism" at the time outside of college classrooms, and it might be quite instructive to see how almost prophetic this book had been in showing what was coming. It is the overturning of an intellectual foundation. It is the ability to determine what is a good way of thinking and what is not, that was and is under attack. It has become a battle largely lost in this day, at least in our public discourse, and a look at the underpinnings of the opposition to absolute truth might help one in the fray to see how it was done, or should I say undone. McCallum is a clear and concise writer, and presents the odd philosophies of the deconstructionists and postmodernists in an easy-to-grasp way. A worthy read for anyone interested in the concept of actual truth, and a look a the playbook of those who do not hold such a concept as possible. (Caveat: I am a Christian and this is a book written from a Christian perspective, an all-too-necessary distinction in these days.)

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